We’ve hit California to see what all we can get in this record low snowpack year - and the answer is you can still get a lot of paddling in out here!

You can view our full update at www.RiverGypsies.com.

Here are some teaser photos for you:

Andria Recoiling on the Kaweah.

Leland running Zero to Sixty, Hospital Rock section of the Middle Kaweah.

More to come soon!

clearing the card.
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After a few problems over the winter the Nene has re-opened for paddling, a great place to learn the basic moves for freestyle and river running.  www.nenewhitewatercentre.co.uk has all the info on opening times.

March was BUSY here with the boys at Pyranha US. Ive had the pleasure of traveling with the crew to shows and demos this month.  Read on to see pictures and details of this months madness. (more…)

Spring is here and its time to play! I just got the new small Pyranha Recoil and I have been dying to try it out. Its been very dry around here in North Carolina, but I kept looking at the rising water levels in West Virginia and decided it was time for Spring Break. Its usually drysuits and ice in the eddies this time of year in West Virginia, but instead we were greeted with warm spring temperatures and sunny skies too! Yes, it was paradise–surfing big water, warm temperatures, sunny skies, and cold beer!! This may have been the best spring break of my life!

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The winter is gone and I’m back home in Sort in the middle of the Pyrennes, where luckily it’s snowing so hard, so I hope the rivers wil be pretty good in a few days.

Here some pics from this winter in the south hemipshere.

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Sorry for the delay - we’ve been super busy with marketing our yoga products and putting together a fly fishing guidebook. It’s not all fun and games - we have to make money so that we can keep on boating and traveling!

Part 3 of the trip report contains fun river running and playboating action in the Recoil and Ammo.

Part 4 has some remote wilderness boating back in our Burns.

Click the link to read the full trip report: www.RiverGypsies.com

Mexican raft guide Vincente enjoying surfing the Recoil.

Big grins surfin the Ammo on the Actopan.

Leland wilderness boating on the Tatempa section of the Rio Bobos.

After much debate as to whether the event was going to be on or not, finally the time came for the Hurley Classic. A mixture of gates, some amusing classes and some good friends made for a great event.

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Over the past two weeks, I’ve been putting the Ammo through its paces, and I couldn’t be happier with how the boat performs.  You can read my detailed analysis of the boat, and check out the video on ChasingRain.com

Fireing up the Ammon on Paul’s Creek

Rain all along the East coast has brought many great runs and play spots. I’ve been on a pretty good role, Friday it was raining hard in DC so no work all play. I headed up to wild and wonderful West Virgina to run the North Fork of the Blackwater. That night myself and a few friends headed over to the put in of Red Creek about a 30 minutes drive to camp and run the creek in the morning….
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Back to Z-Dam on Sunday November 5th, level was 5.3 feet.

I got the chance to catch the Ottawa river’s world famous Buseater wave this fall. With rumors of the river rising, I decided to stake it out and see if the wave would come in. After a week of waiting, I was rewarded with some of the biggest air I’ve ever caught.

Photo by Jen Kellerman

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Well the rain has brought the Susquehanna river up and the Holtwood section has gotten some use. Holtwood is a great spot and everchanging the hydro dam can change the water level several feet in just a few minutes. This area serves up some great rides. check out

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Some good results all round for Team Pyranha at the British Freestyle Team Selection events for the worlds in Canada in 2007. Read on for a full report…

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Well another weekend has flown by along with another event here in the UK. This time it was the British Freetstyle Championships held at Nottingham which was also the final of the 2006 Peak UK White Water Challenge Series.

Team Pyranha had a fairly srong showing in the British Champs with James Barnes making it through to the Semis of the Mens K1. Ben White came in 2nd in the squirt after an unlucky final ride in the knockout and I came in 2nd in the C1s. Richard Brooks did well but didn’t quite live up to his recent form placing just outside the cut for the semis.

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Hi all-

Had a chance to paddle the new Recoil (medium) for a couple of days over the last few weeks - on the Upper Gauley and Upper Yough - and have put together a review with some photos. Bottom line is, this is a GREAT new boat! Enjoy the teaser pics here, and follow the link to the full review:

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There is nothing that gets me more fired up about kayaking than being fox holed into some remote gorge and knowing that I’m one of a select few that gets the pleasure to take on the scenery and spirit of these deep cracks in the Earth. Second to that is reading stories and seeing pictures of other boaters across the world doing the exact same thing. When I scoll through this site, it is obvious that there have been many epic missions this summer. All of us united by the stoke of kayaking and the lifestyle that goes along with it. Excellent work team…it has been an amazing season. And an extra huge shout out to Pyranha this year for producing the Burn and 420! With a record snowpack coming into the summer and an absurd amount of bluebird days, we had one of the best seasons I can remember in BC. Here are a few shots from some of the summer 06 missions!

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It has been a busy month out here. Finishing up the World Cup, Gauley Fest, and a little Green in between. Jeremy and I decided to finish the remainder of the month after the Black Rodeo-with a Team road trip. We picked up new Team member Dave Fusilli and the three of us headed south to Asheville.

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So yeh its been the driest summer ever this year in Voss, but you can alway rely on that in September its gonna rain…. and it sure did !! With one good night of rain it was time to pull out a trusty steed from the quiver the Severn O and head to one of the best flows I have surfed on the Milky Wave in down town Voss

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Here’s a few of pics from the Peak UK White Water Challenge at the Nene White Water Centre last weekend. The course is a small artificial course with the main play feature being good for pretty much any hole move going. People were hitting Phonix Monkeys, McNasties and all sorts with us C1 boys schooling the kayakers scores in the heats by over 200 points!!

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